#B48E32#B48E32

#B48E32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.117 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E32
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, 4.87, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 52.39, 84.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0088 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.117 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0728, 29.2815, 7.1376)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E32 #3258B4

analogous

#B44D32 #B48E32 #99B432

triadic

#B48E32 #32B48E #8E32B4

tetradic

#B48E32 #32B44D #3258B4 #B43299

square

#B48E32 #32B44D #3258B4 #B43299

split-complementary

#B48E32 #3299B4 #4D32B4

monochromatic

#544217 #846825 #B48E32 #CFAB54 #DDC384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B48E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B48E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E32

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E32	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.117 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6f',
    500: '#b48e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e32;
$custom-light: #ceae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66587,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E32

secondary

#7C91C6

accent

#74E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E32

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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